Airframe Album No 11-The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch is Announced!

Information supplied by Mark Peacock

First off the blocks for 2017 is the next title in the Airframe Album series from Valiant Wings Publishing. This series of books offers everything that modern modellers want when they are tackling a specific subject.

It includes:

Period diagrams

Data from flight manuals

Data from spare parts catalogues

Fully detailed 3D isometric views of prototype and production machines

Full colour profiles and concise camouflage and marking notes

Our eleventh title in the Airframe Album series will be an essential companion for anyone tackling the Hasegawa (1/32nd), Tristar (1/35th), Esci or Tamiya (1/48th), Academy or Airfix/Heller kits in 1/72nd scale.

Contents will include all the elements listed plus:

A wealth of historical photographs and detail images of preserved examples

Period detail images during production and service use

Isometric views by Chris Sandham-Bailey of all prototype and production airframes

Colour profiles and by Richard J. Caruana

At least 100 pages in total

Lists of all Storch accessories and decals produced in all scales

Kit builds of the Smer (ex-Heller) Fi 156C and a conversion of the Academy Storch to a K-65 Čáp in 1/72nd by Libor Jekl, plus the Tamiya 1/48th example by Steve A. Evans

Airframe Album No 11 - The Fieseler Fi 156: A Detailed Guide to the Luftwaffe’s Versatile Storch (Including Post-War Derivatives) by Richard A. Franks will retail at only £16.95 per copy + postage and packing.

The book will also be available from all good hobby stores and specialist bookshops . Publication is scheduled for mid-February. ISBN is 978-0-9935345-6-0.

Pre-orders can be made via the Valiant Wings website, www.valiant-wings.co.uk, by ‘phone on 01234 273434 (+44 1234 273434 if calling from outside the UK) or by writing to: